Gloucester's Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures confirmed

Leicester players celebrate with the trophy following their 16-12 victory during the Anglo-Welsh Cup Final against Exeter Chiefs at the Twickenham Stoop on March 19, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Gloucester’s Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures for the 2017-18 season have been revealed.

They have been placed in pool one alongside Bath, Cardiff Blues and Wasps and the nature of the tournament means they will play the four teams in pool four –Leicester Tigers, London Irish, Newcastle Falcons and Ospreys.

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Gloucester’s first game will be against cup holders Leicester at Welford Road on Saturday, November 4, which will be shown live on BT Sport.

They will then face London Irish at Kingsholm the following Saturday at the earlier kick-off time of 12.30pm to avoid clashing with the autumn internationals.

The competition then takes a break until the new year with Gloucester taking on Ospreys at Kingsholm on the weekend of January 26-28 before making the long trip to Newcastle the following weekend with the dates to be confirmed.

Gloucester's Owen Williams and Fraser Balmain were part of the Leicester side that beat Exeter in last season's final.